An Indian News agency, Kerala News, has this report obviously generated by the fact that today is World Refugee Day.
New York, Jun 19 : The United Nations said on Friday that 100,000 Iraqi refugees have been referred for resettlement from the Middle East to third countries since 2007, a major milestone for one of the world’s largest refugee populations.
“100,000 submissions of Iraqi refugees is a tremendous achievement,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said on Friday during his visit to Syria, which according to government estimates, hosts over 1 million refugees, the majority from Iraq.
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The acceptance rate by resettlement countries of referrals by the UN refugee agency, known as UNHCR, currently stands at 80 per cent of total submissions, of which the largest number, nearly 76 per cent, have been accepted by the United States.
I guess they haven’t gotten the word yet about no jobs and the terrible living conditions some refugees are finding in the US which has resulted in some Iraqis returning to the life they know in the Middle East.